{"id":18843,"date":"2021-09-20T09:12:53","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T13:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=18843"},"modified":"2021-09-20T09:12:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T13:12:53","slug":"how-to-protect-yourself-from-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=18843","title":{"rendered":"How to protect yourself from fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Medicare open enrollment is right around the corner, and so are the fraudsters and scammers waiting to take advantage of the unsuspected seniors. First, there are rules to what sales tactics insurance agents can use; however, some scammers sometimes pose as officials to obtain your personal information. So, how do you protect yourself? Kaitlin Schroeder explains how to protect yourself and who to report the fraud to. Read Ms. Schroeder\u2019s article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daytondailynews.com\/business\/how-to-spot-fraud-predatory-sales-during-medicare-open-enrollment\/RMMROBDRDBCH3E743OCOSBE2BY\/\">here\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17866\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-826044220senior-scam-elder-fraud-theft-dishonesty-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-826044220senior-scam-elder-fraud-theft-dishonesty-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-826044220senior-scam-elder-fraud-theft-dishonesty-768x455.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-826044220senior-scam-elder-fraud-theft-dishonesty-1024x606.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/iStock-826044220senior-scam-elder-fraud-theft-dishonesty.jpg 1331w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medicare open enrollment is right around the corner, and so are the fraudsters and scammers waiting to take advantage of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,6,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-illegal-activities","category-medicare-general","category-medicare-fraud"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18843"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18843\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18844,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18843\/revisions\/18844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}